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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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MAN: What's up, man?
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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[VEHICLES PASSING BY]
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[THUDDING]
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[MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING]
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[HORNS HONKING]
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[BOYS GRUNTING]
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MALIK: Eric, are you even
pushing it?
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ERIC: That's what I'm doing!
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[BOY GRUNTS]
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- MALIK: You got it?
- ERIC: Yeah.
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[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
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[HORNS HONKING]
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[INDISTINCT SHOUTING CONTINUES]
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[LIFT BUTTON THUDS]
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Dang it!
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[SIGHS]
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[BABY CRYING]
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[BOTH CHUCKLE]
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[DOG BARKING]
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MALIK: Hey, Slug, Slug!
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Hey, Slug!
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Slug, give us a hand, will ya?
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Why didn't y'all tell me?
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Tenth floor.
You would have taken forever.
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- And the elevator broke.
- [LAUGHS] It always is.
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You right. I would have.
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[PANTING]
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This mattress is heavy.
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You're still not
gonna give us a hand?
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Nah, nah, I'm good.
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- Mama know you're jumpin'?
- Not unless you tell her.
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- And what if I do?
- Gosh, go away, Dee.
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- Let me jump.
- Why?
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So you can get hurt
and start crying to Mom?
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You're so mean!
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Look, you about to cry
right now, aren't you?
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That's not true! [GROANS]
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You don't gotta be like that
to your sister.
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Not everybody can jump.
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Not like me.
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[KIDS CHATTERING]
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[GIRLS SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
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MALIK: In Cabrini-Green,
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there's only one rule
on the playground.
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It don't matter
how old you are...
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how much money you got...
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how big or tall...
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or small.
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All that matters...
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is if you can jump.
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[KIDS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
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- [THUDS]
- [KIDS CHEERING]
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MALIK: I was flying, man.
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That's the closest I got to God.
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ERIC: Wish you'd tell me
how you do it.
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[CHUCKLES] It's a secret.
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If I told you,
I wouldn't be the best no more.
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Keep it, then.
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- You good on dinner, man?
- Yeah.
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All right. See you.
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There you are.
Why do you look so terrible?
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Daddy is gonna raise hell
if he sees you.
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- ERIC: So?
- MALIK: Boy, you in trouble!
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- AMBER: I hear you, Malik!
- MALIK: I hear you, too, Amber.
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AMBER: Eric, you need a bath!
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ERIC: You ain't my mama!
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AMBER: Good for you I'm not.
Otherwise, I'd whup you.
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- [MALIK LAUGHS]
- AMBER: So, you...
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[MALIK CONTINUES LAUGHING]
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[DOOR CLOSES]
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- MALIK: Whatcha making?
- None-ya business.
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MALIK: Okay.
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How much you charging, Grandma?
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Two dollars.
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MALIK: You ain't
getting rich that way.
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Hmm. Is that what you think
I'm trying to do?
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How come these tins
never have any cookies in 'em?
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Hey, I said $2.
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DOLORES: Malik.
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What'd I tell you
about that jumpin'?
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MALIK: Who told you?
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♪ La, la-la, la-la ♪
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You snitch.
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She didn't have to
tell me nothin',
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I just know. I'm your mama.
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You should have seen me.
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I broke a world record.
I was flying!
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Oh, so now you braggin', huh?
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You said I could jump
as long as I didn't get caught.
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You think you're funny now,
don't you?
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Mama, what did the microwave
say to the other microwave?
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DOLORES: Go on, tell me.
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"Is it me,
or is it hot in here?"
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[GRANDMA CHUCKLES]
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[SNICKERS]
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DOLORES: Ma.
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GRANDMA:
That's a good one, Malik!
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DOLORES: Don't encourage him!
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- [GRANDMA CHUCKLES]
- MALIK: Oh, shoot!
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Hey, little man,
what's going on in there?
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Mm. Mm-mm-mm. See, you rowdy.
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You do whatever it is
you wanna do,
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regardless of what
anybody tells you.
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Just like my daddy.
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- [WINCES]
- [BLOWS]
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- Hey, Ma?
- Mm?
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How do bears keep cool?
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You gonna tell me anyway. Go on.
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Bear conditioning.
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[DOLORES SIGHS SOFTLY]
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You need to work
on your delivery.
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Diana, baby, you're gonna fall
right in if you're not careful.
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[SCREAMS]
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DOLORES: Little girl, why is
there yelling in my house?
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- DIANA: There's a spider, Mama!
- DOLORES: Oh, leave it.
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DIANA: What if it crawls
on my face when I sleep?
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- DOLORES: It won't.
- It'll lay eggs on you.
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When you wake up,
there will be baby spiders
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- crawling out of your ears.
- DIANA: God! Mama!
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DOLORES: Can you stop
torturing your sister?
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Why she acting like she never
seen one before? Grow up!
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DOLORES: The one who needs
growing is you, little man.
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DIANA: Oh, my God, oh, my God.
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DOLORES: Malik! Can you stop
playing with it?
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- Get it out of my house!
- Okay! Okay! I'm doing it. Jeez!
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[WATER DRIPPING]
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[DISTANT CONVERSATIONS]
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DOLORES: Come on, you know
the deal. Hold his hand.
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Grab your sister's hand.
Come on.
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Bow your heads, please.
Thank you.
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[SIGHS WEARILY]
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Heavenly Father,
thank you for this day.
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We ask that you bless this food,
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let it be nourishment
to our bodies.
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God, thank you for all
you have given us
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and that you continue to give us
every single day.
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And, um, bless my father,
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who would have been
70 years old today.
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GRANDMA: Bless him.
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DOLORES: Mm-hmm.
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- KIDS: Amen.
- DOLORES: Amen, amen.
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Isn't it funny
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that we're celebrating
Grandpa's birthday
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even though he's not even alive?
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Still his born day.
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We have to pay our respects.
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DIANA: But he won't get
any older.
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It's been five years, Dolores.
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You're just confusing them now.
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DOLORES:
I'm not confusing 'em, Ma.
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How else are they gonna know
who their granddaddy is?
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All right,
who's excited for dessert?
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- BOTH: Me, me, me!
- DOLORES: Yeah? Okay.
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Eat everything on your plate,
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you'll get dessert after dinner.
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See, Ma? We're celebrating.
Get in the mood.
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How 'bout making a dessert
for the living?
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We've been eating this
four days in a row.
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I'm about to turn
into a vegetable.
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Why don't you cook?
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I'm too little to use the stove.
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No, you're not.
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You're never too little.
Right? I was cooking at her age.
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Mm-hmm
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Set your mind to it,
you can do it.
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I'm putting my mind
to McDonald's,
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I don't see it on my plate.
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[GRANDMA CHUCKLES]
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All right.
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Everybody close your eyes.
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Come on.
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Now, imagine...
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you hear a frying pan sizzling.
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And you can smell
some thick-cut bacon,
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the best kind from the butcher.
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And there's some potatoes
and some fried chicken
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that was cooked
in that bacon grease.
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And next to it,
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is a big glass of orange juice.
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It's cold, with the pulp
just floating at the top,
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just how you like it.
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And as your mouth is watering,
you look down.
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Open your eyes.
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[GASPS]
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DIANA: Mm!
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[MICROWAVE BEEPS]
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AMBER: I'll get
the groceries tomorrow.
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ERIC: Don't forget my juice.
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[AMBER HUFFS]
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Everybody like it except you.
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Can I help?
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Your hands clean?
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[SIGHS] How about this?
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You can help me
by counting this.
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Ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65.
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ERIC'S DAD: Okay.
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Now, you know what
this is for, right?
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So $65 is for electricity,
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$30 is for gas,
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$20 is for water
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and $250 for rent.
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Now, all together,
how much is that?
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Nope, I don't want you
using your fingers.
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Come on, concentrate.
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$355?
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It's Sunday.
What're you testing him for?
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Let him live.
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ERIC: Well, I went
jumping today.
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I jumped higher than everybody,
even Malik.
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Is that right?
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How'd you even make these?
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GRANDMA: When me and Gordon
first moved in,
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all we wanted was
a little color in the house.
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Victoria gave us the fabric.
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And I sewed it with that machine
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I brought with me
from Mississippi.
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MALIK: Where in Mississippi?
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GRANDMA: Tupelo.
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Your grandfather,
his parents, my parents,
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all of our cousins
were born and bred there.
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MALIK: But you don't have
an accent, Grandma.
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GRANDMA:
Well, it's pretty much gone now.
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You lose it with time.
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You miss that place?
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Well, every once in a while,
it comes back in a dream.
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Sometimes, I can...
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I can even hear my mama's voice
calling me for dinner.
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I miss my mama.
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I miss the people.
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But I do not miss
that place, no.
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Every time you talk
about that place,
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it's like poetry.
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Well, there's poetry
in everything.
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It could be nature,
it could be speech.
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It could be a bird.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Can you stop picking at it?
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Are you ever gonna
throw that out?
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What you think, Malik?
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Is this sweater too ugly
for your mama to be wearing?
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- Nah.
- She gonna keep it
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until it's nothing but rags.
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- Watch. You'll see.
- [CHUCKLES]
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[GRANDMA CHUCKLES]
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What are you doing?
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Holding you.
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Like you used to hold me.
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I love you, Ma.
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[SIGHS]
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[TRAIN CHUGGING]
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[CHUGGING INTENSIFIES]
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00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:23,824
MALIK: What do you call a boy
who can't jump?
255
00:17:23,824 --> 00:17:25,348
- ERIC: What?
- MALIK: Eric.
256
00:17:25,348 --> 00:17:27,654
What do you call
a snail on a ship?
257
00:17:27,654 --> 00:17:29,091
- What?
- A snailor.
258
00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:30,396
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
259
00:17:30,396 --> 00:17:32,094
What do you call three trees?
260
00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:34,096
- What?
- A trio.
261
00:17:35,184 --> 00:17:37,186
- How do you make a tissue dance?
- How?
262
00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:39,231
Put a little boogie in it.
263
00:17:39,231 --> 00:17:41,842
Who would Michael Jordan be
without Scottie Pippen?
264
00:17:41,842 --> 00:17:43,453
I dunno. Still be MVP.
265
00:17:43,453 --> 00:17:44,845
Are you dumb?
266
00:17:44,845 --> 00:17:47,109
Isiah Thomas is the coldest dude
on the West side.
267
00:17:47,109 --> 00:17:49,154
He destroys anybody
who gets in his way.
268
00:17:49,154 --> 00:17:51,939
If Scottie wasn't there,
MJ would have just been a dude
269
00:17:51,939 --> 00:17:53,680
who couldn't get past Isiah.
270
00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,465
So MJ needs Scottie.
271
00:17:55,465 --> 00:17:58,163
Well, actually,
they kinda need each other...
272
00:17:58,163 --> 00:17:59,556
Y'all are wrong.
273
00:17:59,556 --> 00:18:02,298
They'd be nobody
without Horace Grant.
274
00:18:02,298 --> 00:18:05,779
- Get outta here, man.
- Y'all didn't wait for me.
275
00:18:05,779 --> 00:18:07,259
We would have been late.
276
00:18:07,259 --> 00:18:09,174
How many times
we gotta tell you that?
277
00:18:09,174 --> 00:18:13,178
- Sure. And I'm never late.
-"And I'm never late."
278
00:18:13,178 --> 00:18:14,614
Man, shut up!
279
00:18:15,615 --> 00:18:16,834
[BOTH LAUGHING]
280
00:18:16,834 --> 00:18:19,489
Hey! Y'all left me again!
281
00:18:27,671 --> 00:18:29,194
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
282
00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:45,602
[MS. WILLIS SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
283
00:18:45,602 --> 00:18:48,082
You trying to impress
Ms. Willis or somethin'?
284
00:18:48,082 --> 00:18:50,259
Me? You're the one
who's always like,
285
00:18:50,259 --> 00:18:52,217
"Ms. Willis,
I need homework help."
286
00:18:52,217 --> 00:18:53,871
Going to her after class.
287
00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:56,265
Damn, son. Be cool.
288
00:18:56,265 --> 00:18:59,833
Ms. Willis got money.
You can tell by her nice car.
289
00:18:59,833 --> 00:19:02,836
Eric, she got a Toyota Corolla.
290
00:19:02,836 --> 00:19:06,318
- That's what I said.
- Rich or not, she's available.
291
00:19:06,318 --> 00:19:08,059
I gotta be ready for my moment.
292
00:19:08,059 --> 00:19:09,843
Ain't no moment coming for you.
293
00:19:09,843 --> 00:19:13,673
Plus, she don't mess around with
no one from around here, no way.
294
00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,198
Only time she ever talk to you
295
00:19:16,198 --> 00:19:18,025
is if you forgot
to do your homework
296
00:19:18,025 --> 00:19:19,853
and she about to call your mama.
297
00:19:19,853 --> 00:19:21,246
- MS. WILLIS: Justin.
- Present.
298
00:19:21,246 --> 00:19:23,466
- [MALIK CHUCKLES]
- MS. WILLIS: Tyrone.
299
00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:25,337
Here!
300
00:19:25,337 --> 00:19:28,035
MS. WILLIS: I know that's
not Tyrone's voice, Samuel.
301
00:19:28,035 --> 00:19:29,733
Stop fooling around.
302
00:19:30,255 --> 00:19:31,343
Samuel.
303
00:19:31,343 --> 00:19:33,606
My moms named me
after a prophet.
304
00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,522
You named after a prophet
and you still broke.
305
00:19:36,522 --> 00:19:37,871
[LAUGHS]
306
00:19:38,959 --> 00:19:42,180
Oh, he got you. He did.
307
00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:44,356
- MS. WILLIS: Georgia?
- GEORGIA: Here.
308
00:19:46,445 --> 00:19:48,752
- MS. WILLIS: Beth?
- BETH: Here.
309
00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:53,191
MALIK: Dang.
My head really that big?
310
00:19:53,191 --> 00:19:55,498
I mean, bigger than average.
311
00:19:55,498 --> 00:19:58,675
WOMAN ON PA: Please rise
for the Pledge of Allegiance.
312
00:20:02,069 --> 00:20:05,464
ALL: I pledge allegiance
to the flag
313
00:20:05,464 --> 00:20:08,293
of the United States of America.
314
00:20:08,293 --> 00:20:12,036
And to the republic,
for which it stands,
315
00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:15,257
one nation under God,
316
00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:18,260
indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
317
00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:22,612
...for all.
318
00:20:22,612 --> 00:20:25,789
MS. WILLIS: Y'all need
to hold it down, all right?
319
00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:42,414
MALIK: I win.
320
00:20:42,414 --> 00:20:44,590
- Three out of five.
- Okay.
321
00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:03,740
Look over there.
322
00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,395
It's the roof. So?
323
00:21:08,658 --> 00:21:11,661
- MALIK: See all them cracks?
- ERIC: Yeah.
324
00:21:13,663 --> 00:21:17,449
If you look real close,
they turn into stars.
325
00:21:20,626 --> 00:21:21,671
Try it.
326
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,680
You gotta really try.
327
00:21:31,768 --> 00:21:32,812
I am.
328
00:21:53,006 --> 00:21:54,356
See 'em now?
329
00:21:55,052 --> 00:21:56,053
Yeah.
330
00:22:17,074 --> 00:22:18,728
Hello!
331
00:22:18,728 --> 00:22:20,425
ERIC: Hey!
332
00:22:20,425 --> 00:22:22,209
My name Malik!
333
00:22:22,209 --> 00:22:24,864
And my name Eric!
And don't you forget it!
334
00:22:24,864 --> 00:22:27,737
- My name Malik!
- And my name's Eric!
335
00:22:28,433 --> 00:22:30,261
MALIK: Hello!
336
00:22:30,261 --> 00:22:32,698
Don't underestimate us!
337
00:22:32,698 --> 00:22:35,788
Don't you forget us! I exist!
338
00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:37,573
I exist!
339
00:22:37,573 --> 00:22:42,882
BOTH: Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh!
340
00:22:50,629 --> 00:22:53,415
- GRANDMA: Hey, baby.
- DOLORES: Hey, Ma.
341
00:22:55,678 --> 00:22:56,722
Hey, Mama.
342
00:22:57,506 --> 00:22:59,246
DOLORES: Hey, baby.
343
00:22:59,246 --> 00:23:01,553
- They eat yet?
- GRANDMA: 'Course they did.
344
00:23:01,553 --> 00:23:04,121
- I had two dinners.
- DOLORES: Yeah?
345
00:23:04,948 --> 00:23:06,906
My big girl.
346
00:23:06,906 --> 00:23:09,561
You look so very proud
of yourself.
347
00:23:21,617 --> 00:23:24,184
DIANA: Mama,
why you look so tired?
348
00:23:24,881 --> 00:23:26,360
[DOLORES SIGHS]
349
00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,841
Because your mama was out there
working for this family,
350
00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:29,929
that's why.
351
00:23:36,327 --> 00:23:37,807
Talk to me.
352
00:23:45,554 --> 00:23:47,164
You know what it is, Ma?
353
00:23:50,210 --> 00:23:52,474
I now know how much
everybody makes.
354
00:23:54,258 --> 00:23:55,520
I see all their paychecks.
355
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,480
I know just how much
everybody else is worth.
356
00:24:01,395 --> 00:24:03,963
It was so much easier
when I didn't know.
357
00:24:03,963 --> 00:24:06,488
GRANDMA: Well, they're
working you like a dog.
358
00:24:06,488 --> 00:24:08,359
And for what?
359
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,187
They gonna give you a raise?
360
00:24:11,841 --> 00:24:13,495
DOLORES: What you say that for?
361
00:24:13,495 --> 00:24:15,061
You know I can't ask that
right now.
362
00:24:15,061 --> 00:24:17,673
GRANDMA: Why not?
We need it. You gotta ask.
363
00:24:17,673 --> 00:24:20,632
[SIGHS] And what,
risk getting fired?
364
00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:23,461
There's a whole line of folks
365
00:24:23,461 --> 00:24:25,594
waiting outside the door
just to take my job.
366
00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:28,248
And they all got fancy
college degrees.
367
00:24:28,248 --> 00:24:29,815
Is that a fact,
368
00:24:29,815 --> 00:24:32,731
or is that what they telling you
to keep you in your place?
369
00:24:32,731 --> 00:24:34,907
Look, I'm just trying to hold on
370
00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,257
to the little bit
that we got, okay?
371
00:24:38,650 --> 00:24:41,653
Can barely afford to take care
of all y'all anyways.
372
00:24:45,396 --> 00:24:47,703
You say that as if
373
00:24:47,703 --> 00:24:50,575
I don't understand
what you going through.
374
00:24:58,670 --> 00:25:01,020
I'm sorry.
I don't mean nothing by it, Ma.
375
00:25:12,249 --> 00:25:14,251
[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
376
00:25:20,126 --> 00:25:21,998
[KIDS CHATTERING]
377
00:25:23,608 --> 00:25:25,915
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
378
00:25:25,915 --> 00:25:28,744
BOY: Y'all wanna try it on?
Hey, try it.
379
00:25:28,744 --> 00:25:30,310
Anybody wants to, go ahead.
380
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:37,927
Nah, I'm good.
381
00:25:44,673 --> 00:25:46,675
MALIK: This dude
can't even count.
382
00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:48,502
Man, you just jealous.
383
00:25:48,502 --> 00:25:51,723
I wouldn't be buying no watches
and showing 'em around school.
384
00:25:51,723 --> 00:25:53,464
I'm not trying to get robbed.
385
00:25:53,464 --> 00:25:55,205
You got no money
for no watches anyway.
386
00:25:55,205 --> 00:25:57,773
- It ain't even his money.
- Why does it matter?
387
00:25:57,773 --> 00:26:00,906
- Money is money.
- Serving ain't no real job.
388
00:26:00,906 --> 00:26:03,909
He stands on a street corner,
looking out for his brother.
389
00:26:03,909 --> 00:26:05,998
One of these days,
he gonna get killed.
390
00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:09,045
All right.
No need to get into it.
391
00:26:13,571 --> 00:26:16,400
[SIREN WAILING]
392
00:26:17,227 --> 00:26:19,098
GIRL: Look, the cops are here.
393
00:26:19,098 --> 00:26:21,144
[KIDS CHATTERING]
394
00:26:23,407 --> 00:26:25,627
[SIREN WAILING]
395
00:26:27,324 --> 00:26:29,674
BOY 1: Why are the cops here?
What's going on?
396
00:26:29,674 --> 00:26:33,286
- BOY 2: Someone got shot.
- GIRL 1: Did they get killed?
397
00:26:33,286 --> 00:26:36,072
- GIRL 2: I don't know.
- BOY 3: Somebody got killed.
398
00:26:36,072 --> 00:26:38,161
[SIRENS WAILING]
399
00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:52,697
[DOGS BARKING]
400
00:27:03,534 --> 00:27:06,319
MAN: Man, relax. Hey. Hey, man.
401
00:27:10,889 --> 00:27:13,413
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
402
00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:15,285
[WOMAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
403
00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:21,813
Ma, what is all of this?
404
00:27:21,813 --> 00:27:24,903
They said we gotta stay out here
until we get an ID card.
405
00:27:24,903 --> 00:27:26,644
Something about safety.
406
00:27:26,644 --> 00:27:28,864
Whose safety? Our safety?
407
00:27:28,864 --> 00:27:30,343
We been living here...
408
00:27:30,343 --> 00:27:31,736
Think they care about that?
409
00:27:31,736 --> 00:27:34,391
They treat us like roaches
in our own home.
410
00:27:34,391 --> 00:27:37,046
Excuse me. Officer.
411
00:27:37,046 --> 00:27:40,179
We don't really need an ID card
if we live here, though, right?
412
00:27:40,179 --> 00:27:42,834
OFFICER: Everybody needs an ID
to get inside, ma'am.
413
00:27:42,834 --> 00:27:44,618
DOLORES: What about my children?
414
00:27:44,618 --> 00:27:46,708
- OFFICER: Do they live here?
- DOLORES: Yes.
415
00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:49,406
OFFICER: They need an ID
just like everybody else.
416
00:27:49,406 --> 00:27:52,191
No one in or out. New policy.
417
00:27:52,191 --> 00:27:54,106
What do you mean, policy?
They're kids.
418
00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:56,021
What do you need
to keep track of them?
419
00:27:56,021 --> 00:27:59,242
OFFICER: If you have questions,
contact your CHA board member.
420
00:27:59,242 --> 00:28:00,634
We're doing our job.
421
00:28:00,634 --> 00:28:03,725
Don't let me stop you.
Treating us like criminals.
422
00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:06,771
WOMAN: This is what they do.
They chip away at you.
423
00:28:06,771 --> 00:28:08,077
MALIK: Who was it?
424
00:28:09,339 --> 00:28:10,732
Heard it was a kid.
425
00:28:11,645 --> 00:28:14,170
- How old was he?
- I don't know.
426
00:28:15,824 --> 00:28:18,348
DOLORES: Hey. Kids, come on.
Don't wander off.
427
00:28:18,348 --> 00:28:19,784
It's almost our turn.
428
00:28:25,398 --> 00:28:27,052
DOLORES: It was a little boy.
429
00:28:27,052 --> 00:28:28,837
GRANDMA: Where did it happen?
430
00:28:29,838 --> 00:28:32,449
DOLORES: Right outside
the school, with his mom.
431
00:28:33,580 --> 00:28:36,540
GRANDMA: This neighborhood's
just not the same anymore.
432
00:28:36,540 --> 00:28:38,411
DOLORES: In broad daylight.
433
00:28:38,411 --> 00:28:41,284
- GRANDMA: Dolores.
- DOLORES: [SIGHS] Unbelievable.
434
00:28:51,642 --> 00:28:53,513
That's too much.
435
00:28:53,513 --> 00:28:55,646
Eric can help himself, baby.
436
00:28:55,646 --> 00:28:56,778
But look at him.
437
00:28:56,778 --> 00:28:59,432
He doesn't eat enough.
He's skinny.
438
00:29:01,478 --> 00:29:02,871
- Hey, Ma?
- Mm?
439
00:29:03,610 --> 00:29:05,264
Why'd we get ID cards for?
440
00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:07,440
DOLORES: Um...
441
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,270
so that people who don't
live here don't get inside.
442
00:29:11,270 --> 00:29:14,099
The whole neighborhood's
going under lockdown
443
00:29:14,099 --> 00:29:17,059
because of all
the shootings happening.
444
00:29:17,059 --> 00:29:19,409
So unless you're walking
to or from school,
445
00:29:19,409 --> 00:29:21,193
you play inside, okay?
446
00:29:22,499 --> 00:29:24,109
What are we gonna do inside?
447
00:29:24,109 --> 00:29:26,155
Well, there won't be
much jumping anymore,
448
00:29:26,155 --> 00:29:28,157
- that's for sure.
- [CHUCKLES]
449
00:29:31,856 --> 00:29:34,076
You and me can play cards.
450
00:29:34,076 --> 00:29:35,947
That's a great idea, Eric.
451
00:29:35,947 --> 00:29:38,950
You can stay overnight.
I'll call your father.
452
00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:41,170
MALIK: But the faucet's
gonna drive him crazy.
453
00:29:41,170 --> 00:29:43,389
Can't I just
stay over his house?
454
00:29:43,389 --> 00:29:44,651
You already here.
455
00:29:44,651 --> 00:29:46,566
Besides, that faucet
will get fixed.
456
00:29:46,566 --> 00:29:48,003
Ah, you keep saying that.
457
00:29:48,003 --> 00:29:49,569
DOLORES: And I keep asking them.
458
00:29:49,569 --> 00:29:52,877
Complained three months ago.
What else you want me to do?
459
00:29:52,877 --> 00:29:55,749
What do we do if the whole
apartment gets flooded?
460
00:29:55,749 --> 00:29:58,883
- Flooded?
- I don't know how to swim.
461
00:29:58,883 --> 00:30:01,364
Well, then I will build a boat.
462
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,325
Like, um, Noah's Ark?
463
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,414
No, not that big.
464
00:30:08,414 --> 00:30:11,983
And it certainly won't have
any room for no animals.
465
00:30:11,983 --> 00:30:15,334
But anyone here
who wants to get on,
466
00:30:15,944 --> 00:30:17,119
you can get on.
467
00:30:19,948 --> 00:30:21,950
Where would you get
all the wood?
468
00:30:21,950 --> 00:30:23,212
To make the boat?
469
00:30:24,082 --> 00:30:25,867
MALIK: Got a point, Ma.
470
00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:30,349
Ain't enough trees
in Cabrini-Green for that.
471
00:30:40,446 --> 00:30:43,232
You're staying here tonight.
That's final.
472
00:30:55,461 --> 00:30:57,507
[WATER DRIPPING]
473
00:30:58,943 --> 00:31:01,293
DOLORES: [WHISPERING]
What about them?
474
00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:05,080
GRANDMA: I sense when a place
is past its prime, Dolores.
475
00:31:05,863 --> 00:31:08,953
We can move someplace else.
476
00:31:08,953 --> 00:31:12,174
DOLORES: It's not that simple.
You know that.
477
00:31:15,917 --> 00:31:18,093
[KIDS CHATTERING]
478
00:31:23,576 --> 00:31:25,143
[PA BEEPS]
479
00:31:25,143 --> 00:31:28,103
WOMAN ON PA: Please rise
for the Pledge of Allegiance.
480
00:31:29,147 --> 00:31:32,150
ALL: I pledge allegiance
to the flag
481
00:31:32,150 --> 00:31:34,936
of the United States of America.
482
00:31:34,936 --> 00:31:38,461
And to the republic,
for which it stands,
483
00:31:38,461 --> 00:31:41,246
one nation under God,
484
00:31:41,246 --> 00:31:44,989
indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
485
00:31:44,989 --> 00:31:46,599
WOMAN ON PA:
Please remain standing
486
00:31:46,599 --> 00:31:50,299
to observe a moment of silence
for Dantrell Davis.
487
00:31:50,299 --> 00:31:52,954
MALIK: Dantrell Davis
was seven years old.
488
00:31:53,737 --> 00:31:55,608
He lived in 500, West Oak.
489
00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:59,699
He and his mom
were walking to school one day,
490
00:31:59,699 --> 00:32:01,353
and they heard a gunshot.
491
00:32:03,007 --> 00:32:05,662
Dantrell was struck
in the side of the head.
492
00:32:07,011 --> 00:32:09,057
They took him to the hospital.
493
00:32:10,101 --> 00:32:12,712
He was dead
before they got there.
494
00:32:12,712 --> 00:32:14,279
WOMAN ON PA: Thank you.
495
00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:16,325
[SIGHS]
496
00:32:18,588 --> 00:32:20,633
[KIDS CHATTERING]
497
00:32:30,339 --> 00:32:32,819
MAN ON TV: Scientists believe
redwoods first appeared
498
00:32:32,819 --> 00:32:37,346
during the Jurassic period
around 160 million years ago.
499
00:32:37,346 --> 00:32:39,391
Remains discovered
by archeologists
500
00:32:39,391 --> 00:32:41,567
show such forests
with giant trees
501
00:32:41,567 --> 00:32:44,657
were largely spread across
the northern hemisphere.
502
00:32:45,354 --> 00:32:47,051
The forests that still remain,
503
00:32:47,051 --> 00:32:49,445
like those found
in Redwood National Park,
504
00:32:49,445 --> 00:32:53,666
are an important link
between past and present.
505
00:32:53,666 --> 00:32:56,930
These slender trees continually
compete with each other,
506
00:32:56,930 --> 00:32:58,932
reaching upwards
towards the sun
507
00:32:58,932 --> 00:33:01,500
with every cell
of their immense bodies.
508
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,807
As they fight
for the sun's energy,
509
00:33:03,807 --> 00:33:06,288
the trees grow
taller and taller.
510
00:33:07,115 --> 00:33:09,073
Giant sequoias
can grow up to...
511
00:33:09,073 --> 00:33:10,161
MS. WILLIS: Yeah?
512
00:33:10,161 --> 00:33:11,945
Can I go to the bathroom?
513
00:33:11,945 --> 00:33:13,164
MS. WILLIS: You may.
514
00:33:13,164 --> 00:33:15,862
MAN ON TV:
...1.6 million pounds.
515
00:33:15,862 --> 00:33:18,169
Their upper branches
form a crown
516
00:33:18,169 --> 00:33:19,910
which creates a dome of shade,
517
00:33:19,910 --> 00:33:22,173
where among the giant trunks...
518
00:33:24,132 --> 00:33:25,437
What happened to Slug?
519
00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:28,788
Ms. Willis said he could hold it
till we got back.
520
00:33:28,788 --> 00:33:31,095
[SIGHS] What are we gonna do?
521
00:34:11,788 --> 00:34:12,832
Let's go!
522
00:34:22,190 --> 00:34:23,974
ERIC: Yes! We made it!
We made it!
523
00:34:23,974 --> 00:34:26,411
BOTH: We made it,
made it, made it!
524
00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,634
- Oh, look at that.
- That's so cool.
525
00:34:45,169 --> 00:34:47,650
[IMPERCEPTIBLE]
526
00:35:03,666 --> 00:35:05,363
[MAN SNORING]
527
00:35:07,583 --> 00:35:08,627
[GIGGLES]
528
00:35:22,032 --> 00:35:25,209
- You like her?
- No.
529
00:35:25,209 --> 00:35:27,124
'Cause if you do,
you should tell her.
530
00:35:27,124 --> 00:35:29,300
You are way too loud.
531
00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:32,782
I don't like her.
I'm in love with her.
532
00:35:32,782 --> 00:35:36,351
- Tell her that then.
- She's way too rich for me.
533
00:35:36,351 --> 00:35:38,831
- Just look at her.
- That's a good thing.
534
00:35:38,831 --> 00:35:43,009
My dad told me it's a bonus
when a woman can buy you dinner.
535
00:35:43,009 --> 00:35:45,186
No, man,
it just wasn't meant to be.
536
00:35:45,186 --> 00:35:47,492
You're not scared
of cracking your own head,
537
00:35:47,492 --> 00:35:50,191
but you're afraid
of some nice lady?
538
00:35:54,369 --> 00:35:56,893
- You're right. I'm going.
- All right then.
539
00:36:05,075 --> 00:36:06,381
Excuse me, ma'am.
540
00:36:06,381 --> 00:36:09,253
I just wanted to say I love you.
541
00:36:09,253 --> 00:36:11,212
I don't think
I'll ever find anybody
542
00:36:11,212 --> 00:36:13,257
to love like you
in my whole life.
543
00:36:13,257 --> 00:36:16,869
MAN: Hey, kid.
Why aren't you in school?
544
00:36:16,869 --> 00:36:19,698
It's Martin Luther King Day.
Mind your own business.
545
00:36:19,698 --> 00:36:21,309
Damn! [CHUCKLES]
546
00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:57,997
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
547
00:37:16,451 --> 00:37:17,887
So, where they at?
548
00:37:19,192 --> 00:37:22,283
MALIK: Says here
they're at a train station.
549
00:37:27,157 --> 00:37:30,334
Okay, so why is this dude
helping them carry their bags?
550
00:37:30,334 --> 00:37:32,510
They can carry their own bags.
551
00:37:32,510 --> 00:37:34,599
ERIC: I mean,
he getting paid to do it.
552
00:37:34,599 --> 00:37:37,167
So? They got two hands,
don't they?
553
00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:41,302
ERIC: They're going to Chicago,
but where they coming from?
554
00:37:41,302 --> 00:37:44,566
MALIK: Mississippi.
Just like my grandma did.
555
00:37:44,566 --> 00:37:46,524
ERIC: Maybe that's where
I'm from, too.
556
00:37:46,524 --> 00:37:48,570
MALIK: You don't know for sure?
557
00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:50,311
ERIC: No.
558
00:37:50,311 --> 00:37:52,617
MALIK: Everybody like
dandelion seeds.
559
00:37:52,617 --> 00:37:54,793
They're blown
from place to place,
560
00:37:54,793 --> 00:37:57,318
then they're just planted
wherever they land.
561
00:37:57,318 --> 00:37:59,885
ERIC: Or they're like
those trees from California.
562
00:37:59,885 --> 00:38:01,452
Redwoods?
563
00:38:01,452 --> 00:38:03,976
MALIK: They been in the same
place for millions of years.
564
00:38:03,976 --> 00:38:05,326
[TRAIN CHUGGING]
565
00:38:05,326 --> 00:38:06,849
[TRAIN HORN BLARING]
566
00:38:06,849 --> 00:38:08,111
MAN: All aboard!
567
00:38:10,679 --> 00:38:12,898
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
OVER PA SYSTEM]
568
00:38:18,817 --> 00:38:20,036
MALIK: Oh!
569
00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:49,152
[MAN AND WOMAN ARGUING]
570
00:38:52,285 --> 00:38:54,113
MALIK: Why are rich people
so angry?
571
00:38:54,113 --> 00:38:55,506
ERIC: Look at them fighting.
572
00:38:55,506 --> 00:38:57,900
[CHUCKLES]
"Don't you know who I am?
573
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:00,468
"Don't you know
I live on Lake Shore Drive?"
574
00:39:00,468 --> 00:39:02,383
"You need way more makeup
575
00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:04,515
"to cover up
your ugly personality."
576
00:39:04,515 --> 00:39:07,344
- MALIK: "Get out of my way!"
- ERIC: "Smell you later."
577
00:39:07,344 --> 00:39:09,259
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
578
00:39:09,259 --> 00:39:11,609
Really are some crazy people
in this world.
579
00:39:11,609 --> 00:39:13,481
I know, right? [CHUCKLES]
580
00:39:14,177 --> 00:39:15,831
[CHUCKLES]
581
00:39:50,169 --> 00:39:51,606
[BUZZER BUZZES]
582
00:39:51,606 --> 00:39:52,911
DOLORES: David, I'm sorry,
583
00:39:52,911 --> 00:39:55,348
but I can't come back
to the office right now.
584
00:39:55,348 --> 00:39:57,960
No, I still can't find
my son. Okay...
585
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,744
[SIGHS] I don't know.
586
00:39:59,744 --> 00:40:01,572
But I really gotta
get off the phone
587
00:40:01,572 --> 00:40:04,314
- in case someone tries to call.
- Mama. What's wrong?
588
00:40:04,314 --> 00:40:06,490
Okay, he's here.
589
00:40:06,490 --> 00:40:09,232
Oh, thank you, Jesus.
Oh, my baby.
590
00:40:09,232 --> 00:40:11,495
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
591
00:40:11,495 --> 00:40:13,279
- You okay? Yeah?
- Yeah. Yeah.
592
00:40:13,279 --> 00:40:15,934
Yeah? Okay. Nobody hurt you?
593
00:40:15,934 --> 00:40:17,762
- No.
- Okay.
594
00:40:17,762 --> 00:40:20,156
- Where were you?
- The Art Institute.
595
00:40:21,157 --> 00:40:23,028
- What?
- The Art Institute.
596
00:40:24,552 --> 00:40:27,598
Okay, but what were you doing
at the Art Institute?
597
00:40:27,598 --> 00:40:30,688
They had us watching
this boring nature documentary.
598
00:40:30,688 --> 00:40:32,690
We had to get out of there.
599
00:40:34,170 --> 00:40:35,737
Who were you talking to?
600
00:40:45,181 --> 00:40:48,184
Your little friend, Eric,
is about to be punished.
601
00:40:49,794 --> 00:40:53,668
Won't be visiting you,
coming around here anytime soon.
602
00:40:53,668 --> 00:40:55,757
But it was my idea
to skip school.
603
00:40:55,757 --> 00:40:57,759
DOLORES:
Oh, I'm sure it was, Malik.
604
00:40:57,759 --> 00:41:01,502
Yeah, I'm sure it was.
I'm over here worried sick!
605
00:41:01,502 --> 00:41:03,765
Boy, I should beat your ass.
606
00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:05,854
Nothing happened to...
607
00:41:05,854 --> 00:41:07,986
But something
could have happened!
608
00:41:07,986 --> 00:41:10,815
That's what
you're not understanding!
609
00:41:10,815 --> 00:41:13,644
God damn it.
Dantrell was killed!
610
00:41:13,644 --> 00:41:16,212
Malik, don't that mean
anything to you?
611
00:41:17,387 --> 00:41:19,345
I'm not gonna get shot
like Dantrell did.
612
00:41:19,345 --> 00:41:20,782
You don't know that!
613
00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:31,357
Ain't nothing worse in the world
614
00:41:31,357 --> 00:41:33,316
than what happened
to that little boy.
615
00:41:35,448 --> 00:41:37,189
And that could have been you.
616
00:41:39,409 --> 00:41:43,021
Now, how am I supposed
to keep you safe
617
00:41:43,021 --> 00:41:47,243
if I don't know where you are
or what you doing?
618
00:41:49,419 --> 00:41:50,681
Huh?
619
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:54,729
You want to be dead
out there on them streets?
620
00:41:55,425 --> 00:41:56,600
No.
621
00:41:58,776 --> 00:42:00,561
I can't keep you safe.
622
00:42:01,649 --> 00:42:03,085
And that hurts me.
623
00:42:04,826 --> 00:42:07,045
But you don't give a damn.
624
00:42:07,045 --> 00:42:11,354
And you don't care
how it affects anybody in here.
625
00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:30,025
[SNIFFLES]
626
00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:34,116
ERIC'S DAD:
Finish your homework,
627
00:42:34,116 --> 00:42:36,379
and also, no TV for a month.
628
00:42:36,379 --> 00:42:37,772
AMBER: But I can watch, right?
629
00:42:37,772 --> 00:42:39,556
It doesn't matter
who's watching.
630
00:42:39,556 --> 00:42:41,732
You're not gonna be
going in and out this house
631
00:42:41,732 --> 00:42:44,866
without telling me who you gonna
be with and where you going.
632
00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:48,347
Look, I know
you're not his mother, okay?
633
00:42:48,347 --> 00:42:51,220
But you're supposed to be
looking after your brother.
634
00:42:52,308 --> 00:42:53,396
Happy?
635
00:43:05,582 --> 00:43:07,802
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
636
00:43:33,697 --> 00:43:35,133
You're not gonna see him?
637
00:43:36,439 --> 00:43:39,050
- Why not?
- I don't want to.
638
00:43:55,371 --> 00:43:58,983
REVEREND: Many of you have come
from all over the neighborhood
639
00:43:58,983 --> 00:44:01,682
to celebrate the life
of Dantrell Davis,
640
00:44:01,682 --> 00:44:03,684
a beloved son.
641
00:44:03,684 --> 00:44:06,730
Many of you are wrestling
in this darkness
642
00:44:06,730 --> 00:44:10,081
that seems to eclipse all of us.
643
00:44:10,081 --> 00:44:12,910
When I think of the story
of Young Dantrell,
644
00:44:12,910 --> 00:44:17,523
a beloved son of this community,
a beloved child of God,
645
00:44:17,523 --> 00:44:21,527
my mind goes to the story
of another child,
646
00:44:21,527 --> 00:44:24,269
a child born in Bethlehem,
647
00:44:24,269 --> 00:44:28,796
a child raised in the projects
of east Nazareth,
648
00:44:28,796 --> 00:44:33,104
a child who was raised
by a mother who loved him,
649
00:44:33,104 --> 00:44:37,500
a mother who had to wrestle
mightily with the knowledge
650
00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:39,981
that she could not save her son
651
00:44:39,981 --> 00:44:43,375
from that great destiny
that was before him.
652
00:44:43,375 --> 00:44:45,508
You see, the path of God
653
00:44:45,508 --> 00:44:49,207
leads us through
the crucible of suffering
654
00:44:49,207 --> 00:44:54,212
and persecution of the righteous
and the innocent.
655
00:44:54,212 --> 00:44:58,782
The way to the New Jerusalem
leads us up a road
656
00:44:58,782 --> 00:45:03,787
upon which our Savior dragged
his old wooden cross.
657
00:45:03,787 --> 00:45:07,573
It leads us up a hill
called Calvary.
658
00:45:07,573 --> 00:45:10,315
And what happened on Calvary
659
00:45:10,315 --> 00:45:12,753
was not the end of the story,
660
00:45:12,753 --> 00:45:15,233
but it was only the beginning.
661
00:45:16,452 --> 00:45:17,932
ALL: Amen.
662
00:45:47,048 --> 00:45:49,267
MALIK: Why didn't you
look at him?
663
00:45:49,267 --> 00:45:51,835
ERIC: 'Cause I don't want
to see no dead boy.
664
00:45:53,141 --> 00:45:55,230
MALIK: So many people
came to see him.
665
00:45:56,318 --> 00:45:58,320
At least he's
in a better place now.
666
00:45:59,321 --> 00:46:02,803
I don't know.
I think he just gone.
667
00:46:03,368 --> 00:46:05,153
No ghost or nothing.
668
00:46:08,634 --> 00:46:11,550
Wait, you don't believe
in no afterlife?
669
00:46:11,550 --> 00:46:14,379
- Nobody knows.
- What about Jesus?
670
00:46:14,815 --> 00:46:17,034
I think he lived,
671
00:46:17,034 --> 00:46:19,341
but I don't know
if he ever gonna come back.
672
00:46:19,994 --> 00:46:21,952
How do we know that?
673
00:46:21,952 --> 00:46:25,042
There ain't no afterlife,
then what's all this for?
674
00:46:25,042 --> 00:46:28,219
Why's it matter?
People die here all the time.
675
00:46:28,219 --> 00:46:32,702
Yeah, but he was little,
like really little.
676
00:46:32,702 --> 00:46:34,878
Where else is Dantrell gonna go?
677
00:46:40,797 --> 00:46:42,277
What if he just...
678
00:46:43,365 --> 00:46:44,888
don't go anywhere?
679
00:46:45,715 --> 00:46:48,631
What if he just done?
680
00:46:59,860 --> 00:47:01,992
[DOG BARKING]
681
00:47:01,992 --> 00:47:04,255
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
682
00:47:11,045 --> 00:47:13,525
REPORTER ON TV:
That death became a symbol
683
00:47:13,525 --> 00:47:15,005
of the escalating violence
684
00:47:15,005 --> 00:47:18,748
that the city seems to be
unable to control.
685
00:47:18,748 --> 00:47:20,445
Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley.
686
00:47:20,445 --> 00:47:23,622
RICHARD: What we see is,
unfortunately, violence,
687
00:47:23,622 --> 00:47:27,626
a total disregard of human life
by gang and drug dealers.
688
00:47:27,626 --> 00:47:30,151
We have a war here,
and we have to go after them
689
00:47:30,151 --> 00:47:32,544
the same way they go after
innocent people.
690
00:47:32,544 --> 00:47:35,939
REPORTER: Daley and the Chicago
Housing Authority chief,
691
00:47:35,939 --> 00:47:38,550
Vince Lane, vowed
to take back Cabrini-Green
692
00:47:38,550 --> 00:47:42,163
from the shooters,
the snipers, and the gangs.
693
00:47:46,515 --> 00:47:48,212
[WIND BLOWING]
694
00:47:51,781 --> 00:47:53,914
[TRAIN BELL DINGING]
695
00:47:53,914 --> 00:47:55,219
[BOY LAUGHING]
696
00:47:55,219 --> 00:47:58,222
Malik! Wake up, baby.
Wake up, wake up.
697
00:47:58,222 --> 00:48:00,485
OFFICER: You have 30 seconds
to open this door.
698
00:48:00,485 --> 00:48:02,792
- Who is it? I'm coming.
- [BANGING ON DOOR]
699
00:48:02,792 --> 00:48:04,663
OFFICER: Open up.
It's the police.
700
00:48:06,056 --> 00:48:07,188
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
701
00:48:07,188 --> 00:48:08,798
Officer, what's the problem?
702
00:48:08,798 --> 00:48:11,932
CHA's been authorized to conduct
a search on your apartment.
703
00:48:11,932 --> 00:48:13,629
DOLORES:
Okay. A search for what?
704
00:48:13,629 --> 00:48:15,631
- GRANDMA: Be careful.
- Step aside.
705
00:48:16,849 --> 00:48:18,982
- Ma'am, step aside.
- Okay, sir.
706
00:48:18,982 --> 00:48:21,245
- GRANDMA: What's going on?
- All right.
707
00:48:21,245 --> 00:48:22,768
Sir, do you have a warrant?
708
00:48:22,768 --> 00:48:24,596
We're searching for drugs
on the premises.
709
00:48:24,596 --> 00:48:28,600
DOLORES: We don't have any...
We don't have any drugs here.
710
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:32,517
It's just me, my mama, my kids.
There's no drugs here.
711
00:48:32,517 --> 00:48:33,997
GRANDMA: What are they doing?
712
00:48:33,997 --> 00:48:35,999
OFFICER: Then you got nothing
to hide.
713
00:48:35,999 --> 00:48:37,261
GRANDMA: Dolores?
714
00:48:37,261 --> 00:48:39,524
All right,
we ain't got any drugs.
715
00:48:39,524 --> 00:48:41,831
You're scaring my babies.
716
00:48:41,831 --> 00:48:47,010
GRANDMA: Oh, Lord, have mercy.
Tearing up the house. Dolores.
717
00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:49,360
It's 2:00 in the morning.
You're scaring the kids.
718
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,797
OFFICER: Keep calm.
Everyone's being searched.
719
00:48:51,797 --> 00:48:53,016
No, please.
720
00:48:53,756 --> 00:48:55,410
GRANDMA:
Why are they doing this?
721
00:48:56,193 --> 00:48:57,542
These are her things, okay?
722
00:48:57,542 --> 00:49:00,981
She's not gonna hide drugs
in some damn material.
723
00:49:01,764 --> 00:49:03,157
You're not gonna find anything.
724
00:49:03,157 --> 00:49:04,897
I don't know
why you going there.
725
00:49:04,897 --> 00:49:06,290
Ma, I got it. I got it.
726
00:49:06,290 --> 00:49:08,292
Listen, you got the wrong house.
727
00:49:08,292 --> 00:49:11,382
You're not gonna find anything.
Is this really necessary?
728
00:49:11,382 --> 00:49:13,515
- Get your hands off that.
- Okay.
729
00:49:14,516 --> 00:49:16,300
Sir, you got the wrong house.
You...
730
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:18,824
Not in my baby's...
My little girl...
731
00:49:18,824 --> 00:49:20,957
Can you just leave us alone?
God damn it!
732
00:49:20,957 --> 00:49:22,524
Mama.
733
00:49:23,873 --> 00:49:25,744
Come, babies. Come on.
734
00:49:27,659 --> 00:49:29,226
Why they doing this, Ma?
735
00:49:29,226 --> 00:49:33,230
It's Diana's beads. Why they...
Why they gotta...
736
00:49:34,927 --> 00:49:37,582
MAN: Hey, put my shit
right back up there.
737
00:49:38,366 --> 00:49:40,498
[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
738
00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:52,728
Eric. You there?
739
00:49:54,121 --> 00:49:56,862
Man, they threw my mattress.
740
00:49:56,862 --> 00:49:58,560
It sucks, man. Ours, too.
741
00:49:59,648 --> 00:50:01,258
What you gonna do about it?
742
00:50:02,825 --> 00:50:04,348
Kick their ass.
743
00:50:06,089 --> 00:50:07,351
No, you're not.
744
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:12,182
Hey!
745
00:50:13,575 --> 00:50:15,403
Come on, man. Hey!
746
00:50:15,794 --> 00:50:17,187
Hey!
747
00:50:17,579 --> 00:50:20,190
I exist!
748
00:50:20,190 --> 00:50:25,326
- We exist!
- We exist!
749
00:50:25,326 --> 00:50:27,197
We exist!
750
00:50:38,556 --> 00:50:39,601
[DOOR OPENS]
751
00:50:41,255 --> 00:50:43,518
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
752
00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:25,647
[SNIFFLES]
753
00:52:14,043 --> 00:52:16,263
[DOLORES SNIFFLING]
754
00:52:42,724 --> 00:52:44,378
[PHONE RINGING]
755
00:52:59,306 --> 00:53:01,221
WOMAN: We're ready for you.
756
00:53:05,834 --> 00:53:09,054
Um, David mentioned
the senior payroll position,
757
00:53:09,054 --> 00:53:12,580
and that's the one I'd love
to put my hat in the ring for.
758
00:53:14,016 --> 00:53:16,584
See, I've been picking up...
759
00:53:16,584 --> 00:53:19,239
more shifts than anyone else
here in the department.
760
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:22,242
So you know I'm really committed
to this job.
761
00:53:23,591 --> 00:53:26,028
I just want a chance to advance.
762
00:53:27,421 --> 00:53:30,250
WOMAN: I really think it's
the right move for you.
763
00:53:31,163 --> 00:53:34,254
- Yeah? You do?
- Absolutely.
764
00:53:34,254 --> 00:53:36,604
I just have
one question for you.
765
00:53:36,604 --> 00:53:40,129
You take the bus to work
every day. Is that right?
766
00:53:40,129 --> 00:53:42,262
Yeah, I do.
767
00:53:42,262 --> 00:53:44,394
Would you be able to get a car?
768
00:53:46,178 --> 00:53:48,485
Um... no. Why?
769
00:53:48,485 --> 00:53:51,183
Well, the job you're looking at
isn't actually here
770
00:53:51,183 --> 00:53:53,882
in our Chicago offices.
It's in Peoria.
771
00:53:56,928 --> 00:53:59,366
Oh. [SIGHS] I see.
772
00:54:02,630 --> 00:54:05,067
I'm sorry.
He didn't mention that to me.
773
00:54:05,067 --> 00:54:06,590
I don't mean to waste your time.
774
00:54:06,590 --> 00:54:08,853
I really think you should
consider it.
775
00:54:08,853 --> 00:54:10,072
You're a great fit,
776
00:54:10,072 --> 00:54:12,204
and it's a significant
pay increase.
777
00:54:12,204 --> 00:54:13,989
It's three hours away.
778
00:54:13,989 --> 00:54:15,643
It would be a change.
779
00:54:17,688 --> 00:54:18,733
It would.
780
00:54:20,082 --> 00:54:22,302
You don't have to give me
an answer right now.
781
00:54:24,565 --> 00:54:26,654
Talk it over with your family.
782
00:54:31,441 --> 00:54:33,313
When do you need to know by?
783
00:54:33,835 --> 00:54:35,315
Next week.
784
00:54:35,315 --> 00:54:37,360
- [SIGHS] That soon, huh?
- I know.
785
00:54:42,191 --> 00:54:44,454
I really hope
it works out, Dolores.
786
00:54:45,150 --> 00:54:46,369
Let me know.
787
00:54:49,329 --> 00:54:50,591
Thank you.
788
00:55:00,862 --> 00:55:02,733
[WATER DRIPPING]
789
00:55:02,733 --> 00:55:04,648
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
790
00:55:07,042 --> 00:55:09,392
DOLORES:
You're kidding me, right?
791
00:55:10,393 --> 00:55:12,830
I don't know
what you want me to say.
792
00:55:14,310 --> 00:55:16,878
Well, we'd have to move,
you know.
793
00:55:16,878 --> 00:55:18,183
We'd have to get a car.
794
00:55:18,183 --> 00:55:19,881
GRANDMA: We'll get a car.
795
00:55:22,666 --> 00:55:25,495
Okay, so we're supposed
to move these kids.
796
00:55:25,495 --> 00:55:29,586
That means new schools.
They'd have to make new friends.
797
00:55:29,586 --> 00:55:32,197
Baby, they're stronger
than you think.
798
00:55:32,197 --> 00:55:34,243
You adjusted
when me and your daddy
799
00:55:34,243 --> 00:55:36,376
moved up from Tupelo.
800
00:55:37,507 --> 00:55:40,075
But, Ma, they're rooted here.
801
00:55:41,468 --> 00:55:43,557
Just because I plant them
someplace new,
802
00:55:43,557 --> 00:55:45,559
don't mean
that they'll flourish.
803
00:55:45,559 --> 00:55:47,865
But this ain't about the kids.
804
00:55:49,127 --> 00:55:50,738
It's about you, baby.
805
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,915
What you're afraid of.
806
00:56:17,025 --> 00:56:18,766
You've been saving that.
807
00:56:20,376 --> 00:56:21,682
Yeah.
808
00:56:22,857 --> 00:56:24,424
For this moment.
809
00:56:34,129 --> 00:56:36,566
Listen to me, baby girl.
810
00:56:38,176 --> 00:56:41,223
If you don't grow,
811
00:56:42,398 --> 00:56:44,618
these babies won't.
812
00:56:50,188 --> 00:56:52,016
It's time.
813
00:57:31,403 --> 00:57:32,927
ERIC: I was looking for you.
814
00:57:33,405 --> 00:57:34,972
I'm always here.
815
00:57:39,499 --> 00:57:40,674
[SIGHS]
816
00:57:42,458 --> 00:57:43,677
Can you see it?
817
00:57:45,026 --> 00:57:46,070
MALIK: No.
818
00:57:47,115 --> 00:57:48,856
Sometimes it don't work.
819
00:57:50,248 --> 00:57:54,035
Maybe I gotta be asleep
or dreaming or something.
820
00:57:54,992 --> 00:57:56,254
ERIC: You get dreams?
821
00:57:57,038 --> 00:57:58,779
Sometimes.
822
00:57:58,779 --> 00:58:00,694
You ever had a dream
that felt so real,
823
00:58:00,694 --> 00:58:02,304
you thought you was awake?
824
00:58:05,046 --> 00:58:06,090
MALIK: Did you?
825
00:58:07,701 --> 00:58:09,920
Yeah. There was this one time
826
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:13,620
when my dad was cooking
a big turkey in the oven.
827
00:58:13,620 --> 00:58:19,103
And it had stuffing
and gravy, everything.
828
00:58:19,103 --> 00:58:22,716
Me and Amber was just
making the house nice.
829
00:58:23,804 --> 00:58:25,762
Then the doorbell rang.
830
00:58:25,762 --> 00:58:29,200
So I went up to answer it.
831
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:30,854
When I opened the door...
832
00:58:32,203 --> 00:58:33,814
it was my mom.
833
00:58:36,556 --> 00:58:38,035
You saw your mama?
834
00:58:40,429 --> 00:58:41,996
I knew it was her.
835
00:58:42,823 --> 00:58:45,216
That's how I knew
it wasn't real.
836
00:58:47,567 --> 00:58:50,004
She's watching over you.
837
00:58:50,004 --> 00:58:53,877
- I feel sorry for her if she is.
- Why?
838
00:58:55,662 --> 00:58:57,272
Not much to see.
839
00:59:07,630 --> 00:59:08,849
Eric, you ever think about
840
00:59:08,849 --> 00:59:10,981
what it would be like
outside of here?
841
00:59:13,375 --> 00:59:16,987
Why? This is where we from.
842
00:59:16,987 --> 00:59:21,601
We were born here.
We live here and we die here.
843
00:59:21,601 --> 00:59:24,299
But you ain't never
been nowhere else.
844
00:59:24,299 --> 00:59:28,042
You could always dream,
think about other places.
845
00:59:29,478 --> 00:59:31,349
All right, then,
what you dream about?
846
00:59:31,349 --> 00:59:33,656
Like, where do you wanna be?
847
00:59:37,573 --> 00:59:39,357
It's always a house.
848
00:59:40,402 --> 00:59:42,273
With two stories.
849
00:59:42,273 --> 00:59:44,928
And on the first floor,
is a big living room
850
00:59:44,928 --> 00:59:47,322
with a bunch of couches
and a TV.
851
00:59:48,366 --> 00:59:49,759
Brand-new kitchen.
852
00:59:50,412 --> 00:59:51,761
Everybody got their own room,
853
00:59:51,761 --> 00:59:53,937
so me and Dee
ain't gotta share no more.
854
00:59:54,982 --> 00:59:56,287
And Mama,
855
00:59:56,287 --> 00:59:59,203
she got her own garden
so she can grow tomatoes.
856
01:00:00,422 --> 01:00:03,338
House so big,
we get lost inside.
857
01:00:05,383 --> 01:00:06,863
All right, now.
858
01:00:07,734 --> 01:00:10,780
First off, stories?
859
01:00:12,173 --> 01:00:14,305
Come on. We got 16 of 'em.
860
01:00:15,045 --> 01:00:17,482
And tomatoes?
861
01:00:17,482 --> 01:00:19,659
Dude, you don't even cook.
862
01:00:20,529 --> 01:00:22,792
It's just a dream, Eric.
It ain't real.
863
01:00:22,792 --> 01:00:24,968
Man, I don't get you.
864
01:00:31,148 --> 01:00:34,369
- Where are you going?
- Finna go home.
865
01:00:38,242 --> 01:00:40,288
[WIND BLOWING]
866
01:00:45,162 --> 01:00:46,207
[DOOR OPENS]
867
01:00:49,384 --> 01:00:51,038
- Hey.
- Hey.
868
01:00:55,869 --> 01:00:57,827
Grandma, why you move here?
869
01:00:59,786 --> 01:01:02,397
Out of all the places
you could have gone.
870
01:01:03,485 --> 01:01:05,705
You know,
your granddaddy, Gordon,
871
01:01:06,531 --> 01:01:09,447
oh, that man loved the sun.
872
01:01:09,447 --> 01:01:10,622
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
873
01:01:10,622 --> 01:01:12,189
Loved the South.
874
01:01:12,755 --> 01:01:13,930
Tupelo.
875
01:01:15,584 --> 01:01:18,718
He had a shoe store.
876
01:01:19,762 --> 01:01:24,375
And when that got burned,
we knew we had to go.
877
01:01:25,333 --> 01:01:26,987
We knew it was time.
878
01:01:27,814 --> 01:01:31,426
So we just got on the train
879
01:01:31,426 --> 01:01:34,342
and came to Chicago.
880
01:01:34,342 --> 01:01:35,865
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
881
01:01:35,865 --> 01:01:39,651
And when we first moved in here,
882
01:01:39,651 --> 01:01:42,393
families would be out here
with their kids,
883
01:01:42,393 --> 01:01:48,312
and they'd be treatin' this
like a giant porch.
884
01:01:50,837 --> 01:01:54,275
Everybody knew
each other's name.
885
01:01:56,625 --> 01:01:58,496
Everybody was family.
886
01:02:01,108 --> 01:02:03,458
[KIDS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY
IN DISTANCE]
887
01:02:14,643 --> 01:02:15,687
[EXHALES]
888
01:02:15,687 --> 01:02:17,777
You know, we always wanted
889
01:02:18,647 --> 01:02:22,259
better for your mama.
890
01:02:24,305 --> 01:02:26,220
That's why we moved here.
891
01:02:28,875 --> 01:02:31,225
That's why we came here.
892
01:02:36,491 --> 01:02:41,801
It just seems like we always
runnin' from something.
893
01:03:23,843 --> 01:03:25,018
[DOOR CLOSES]
894
01:03:32,939 --> 01:03:35,158
[TRAIN BELL DINGING]
895
01:03:36,551 --> 01:03:38,640
MAN: All aboard!
896
01:03:39,380 --> 01:03:41,208
[TRAIN HORN BLARING]
897
01:03:41,208 --> 01:03:42,600
All aboard!
898
01:03:46,300 --> 01:03:48,345
[TRAIN HORN BLARING]
899
01:03:49,259 --> 01:03:52,306
[TRAIN CHUGGING]
900
01:04:12,456 --> 01:04:14,023
[TRAIN HORN BLARING]
901
01:04:14,023 --> 01:04:15,938
[TRAIN CONTINUES CHUGGING]
902
01:04:33,825 --> 01:04:36,045
[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]
903
01:04:41,311 --> 01:04:42,617
ERIC: Psst.
904
01:04:44,271 --> 01:04:45,272
[MOUTHING] Four.
905
01:05:09,296 --> 01:05:11,994
- What are you doing?
- Uh...
906
01:05:12,734 --> 01:05:15,041
I just dropped my scrap paper.
907
01:05:15,041 --> 01:05:17,304
Then why is it on Eric's desk?
908
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,002
I don't know.
909
01:05:20,002 --> 01:05:23,440
Get up, both of you.
Let me see your test.
910
01:05:34,582 --> 01:05:36,323
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
911
01:05:38,934 --> 01:05:41,458
WOMAN: I'm gonna
have to call your father.
912
01:05:41,458 --> 01:05:43,156
You can go back to class.
913
01:05:47,856 --> 01:05:49,640
Why'd you get me in trouble?
914
01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:50,815
Why does it matter?
915
01:05:50,815 --> 01:05:53,340
It's not like anything does.
916
01:05:55,255 --> 01:05:56,299
[SIGHS]
917
01:05:56,299 --> 01:05:58,998
- Eric.
- WOMAN: Malik Johnson.
918
01:06:02,653 --> 01:06:04,177
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
919
01:06:13,099 --> 01:06:15,014
[DOG BARKING]
920
01:06:15,623 --> 01:06:17,755
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
921
01:06:22,630 --> 01:06:24,414
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
922
01:06:26,199 --> 01:06:28,157
[KIDS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
923
01:06:28,157 --> 01:06:30,333
[MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING]
924
01:06:42,867 --> 01:06:45,566
AMBER: Why won't you admit
what you did was wrong?
925
01:06:46,784 --> 01:06:50,440
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
I won't do it again.
926
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:55,010
[ERIC'S DAD SIGHS] Son,
you know what I need to hear.
927
01:06:55,010 --> 01:06:58,579
And until you say it, you won't
be coming back to this table.
928
01:07:01,930 --> 01:07:06,108
You know, it's a miracle that
you're not failing more classes.
929
01:07:06,108 --> 01:07:07,892
But if you gotta cheat
to get ahead,
930
01:07:07,892 --> 01:07:09,285
you deserve to pay the price.
931
01:07:09,285 --> 01:07:12,114
AMBER: But he's trying so hard
to impress you.
932
01:07:12,114 --> 01:07:14,073
All he wants
is to make you proud.
933
01:07:14,073 --> 01:07:17,293
ERIC'S DAD: Amber,
please let me handle this.
934
01:07:19,556 --> 01:07:20,818
[AMBER SCOFFS]
935
01:07:32,439 --> 01:07:37,139
MALIK: Yo. We found a mattress
on the fifth floor. Try to help?
936
01:07:37,139 --> 01:07:39,272
My dad finna come home soon.
937
01:07:39,272 --> 01:07:42,188
Come on, dude, it's A-plus.
Can't miss it.
938
01:07:43,189 --> 01:07:45,626
I told you. I can't.
939
01:07:47,932 --> 01:07:49,891
All right. We'll see you.
940
01:08:09,998 --> 01:08:12,348
AMBER: Half my class
isn't even graduating.
941
01:08:13,088 --> 01:08:14,568
Isn't that crazy?
942
01:08:16,874 --> 01:08:17,919
ERIC'S DAD: Wow.
943
01:08:19,312 --> 01:08:21,618
You gonna be the first person
in this family
944
01:08:21,618 --> 01:08:22,924
to graduate college.
945
01:08:25,970 --> 01:08:28,669
Hey. You'll be the second.
946
01:08:29,322 --> 01:08:30,714
AMBER: No pressure.
947
01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:32,847
[ERIC'S DAD CHUCKLES]
948
01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:35,763
Um, look, I know everybody's
busy, but, you know,
949
01:08:35,763 --> 01:08:39,114
let's make sure we make some
time to help Ms. Johnson move.
950
01:08:39,114 --> 01:08:40,507
They're moving?
951
01:08:41,769 --> 01:08:43,553
AMBER: Ms. Johnson's leaving?
952
01:08:45,686 --> 01:08:47,209
ERIC'S DAD: What?
953
01:08:47,209 --> 01:08:49,820
With everything
that's been going on,
954
01:08:49,820 --> 01:08:50,908
they're moving out.
955
01:08:51,387 --> 01:08:53,172
Malik didn't tell you?
956
01:08:53,911 --> 01:08:54,956
No.
957
01:08:58,351 --> 01:08:59,874
- Son.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
958
01:09:09,971 --> 01:09:11,233
What's up, man? You hungry?
959
01:09:11,233 --> 01:09:12,713
No, I don't want no food.
960
01:09:14,105 --> 01:09:15,629
- Okay.
- So you moving?
961
01:09:15,629 --> 01:09:18,109
That's what my dad told me,
that you leaving.
962
01:09:18,109 --> 01:09:19,633
She just started looking.
963
01:09:19,633 --> 01:09:22,244
But you was dreaming about it
before it happened.
964
01:09:22,244 --> 01:09:25,116
'Cause you told her,
'cause you want to leave.
965
01:09:25,116 --> 01:09:28,816
- I didn't say anything.
- Do you want to leave?
966
01:09:36,302 --> 01:09:38,391
- Eric.
- Leave me alone.
967
01:09:58,019 --> 01:10:00,239
[WATER DRIPPING]
968
01:10:15,993 --> 01:10:17,517
Can't sleep either?
969
01:10:19,345 --> 01:10:20,911
Faucet keeps me up.
970
01:10:21,869 --> 01:10:23,697
Mm. Me, too.
971
01:10:30,965 --> 01:10:32,706
What's going on? Talk to me.
972
01:10:34,621 --> 01:10:36,927
How do you say goodbye
to somebody?
973
01:10:41,628 --> 01:10:43,978
I don't know
that you ever really do.
974
01:10:46,633 --> 01:10:48,025
I mean, you...
975
01:10:49,070 --> 01:10:52,769
you always carry them
in your heart wherever you go.
976
01:10:56,556 --> 01:10:58,732
Such a big world out there.
977
01:11:00,821 --> 01:11:02,649
So much I wanna do.
978
01:11:05,129 --> 01:11:06,696
I have this dream.
979
01:11:07,958 --> 01:11:11,745
It's always about this train
taking me away from here.
980
01:11:12,833 --> 01:11:14,400
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
981
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:15,879
Where does it take you?
982
01:11:18,142 --> 01:11:20,101
I think it takes me
to Mississippi.
983
01:11:21,189 --> 01:11:22,582
With my people.
984
01:11:24,192 --> 01:11:26,542
Our people
aren't there anymore, baby.
985
01:11:26,934 --> 01:11:28,501
- No?
- Mm-hmm.
986
01:11:29,458 --> 01:11:32,505
We're from Chicago.
Cabrini-Green.
987
01:11:34,768 --> 01:11:38,424
Although we could take a train
somewhere else, someplace new.
988
01:11:42,253 --> 01:11:43,994
All I want is a house.
989
01:11:45,431 --> 01:11:46,867
Two floors.
990
01:11:48,129 --> 01:11:51,567
And outside, there's a garden.
991
01:11:52,786 --> 01:11:54,048
Big garden.
992
01:11:55,528 --> 01:11:57,573
Where you can grow tomatoes.
993
01:12:00,315 --> 01:12:01,577
DOLORES: Hmm.
994
01:12:02,404 --> 01:12:05,320
A garden. And some tomatoes.
995
01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:06,539
MALIK: Mm-hmm.
996
01:12:07,148 --> 01:12:08,497
What else?
997
01:12:12,066 --> 01:12:13,372
A house.
998
01:12:14,938 --> 01:12:16,331
House so big,
999
01:12:16,331 --> 01:12:18,638
me and Dee ain't gotta
share a room no more.
1000
01:12:22,250 --> 01:12:23,469
Yeah.
1001
01:12:25,340 --> 01:12:27,908
Definitely getting
a little too big for that.
1002
01:12:46,579 --> 01:12:49,712
I want you all to write about
where you're from.
1003
01:12:49,712 --> 01:12:53,412
One paragraph, five sentences.
Write more if you want.
1004
01:12:53,412 --> 01:12:54,978
And there's only one computer,
1005
01:12:54,978 --> 01:12:57,981
so everyone's gonna
take turns this week.
1006
01:13:02,551 --> 01:13:04,727
[KIDS CHATTERING]
1007
01:13:06,903 --> 01:13:07,948
[SIGHS]
1008
01:13:12,909 --> 01:13:15,782
MALIK: When the snow falls
in Chicago,
1009
01:13:16,478 --> 01:13:18,088
it's like a blanket.
1010
01:13:21,527 --> 01:13:25,444
The whole city falls asleep.
1011
01:13:27,141 --> 01:13:28,447
It's quiet.
1012
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:34,148
And nobody makes a sound.
1013
01:13:38,631 --> 01:13:41,982
I wait for so long
for the snow to melt,
1014
01:13:43,549 --> 01:13:45,159
I grow old.
1015
01:13:47,335 --> 01:13:50,817
The sun finally comes out.
1016
01:13:50,817 --> 01:13:54,385
And it looks like
the lake is on fire.
1017
01:13:54,385 --> 01:13:56,649
[TYPING]
1018
01:14:09,531 --> 01:14:11,185
Me and Eric,
1019
01:14:11,185 --> 01:14:15,102
we've done everything together
since we were born.
1020
01:14:17,191 --> 01:14:18,801
This is what I know.
1021
01:14:25,068 --> 01:14:26,287
We saw it together.
1022
01:14:29,377 --> 01:14:30,770
We lived it.
1023
01:14:35,122 --> 01:14:36,515
We grew up together.
1024
01:14:38,517 --> 01:14:40,170
[BOTH LAUGHING]
1025
01:14:40,170 --> 01:14:42,738
A place is the people.
1026
01:14:45,219 --> 01:14:46,786
This is where we from.
1027
01:14:50,006 --> 01:14:53,227
MALIK: This is where
we're from.
1028
01:14:58,145 --> 01:14:59,799
[PRINTER WHIRRING]
1029
01:15:01,017 --> 01:15:02,410
MALIK: That's mine.
1030
01:15:02,410 --> 01:15:04,673
- What are you doing?
-"When the snow falls in Chicago
1031
01:15:04,673 --> 01:15:06,632
"it's like the whole city
falls asleep."
1032
01:15:06,632 --> 01:15:08,068
Stop, that's mine.
1033
01:15:08,068 --> 01:15:10,331
"The sun comes out,
it's like the lake is on fire."
1034
01:15:10,331 --> 01:15:11,811
Why you acting
so weird about it?
1035
01:15:11,811 --> 01:15:13,639
- Man, stop.
-"Me and..."
1036
01:15:13,639 --> 01:15:15,554
What are you doing?
Give it back.
1037
01:15:18,644 --> 01:15:20,123
Why'd you write this?
1038
01:15:20,950 --> 01:15:22,082
'Cause it's true.
1039
01:15:22,996 --> 01:15:24,040
Take it out.
1040
01:15:25,302 --> 01:15:27,522
No. Why would I do that?
1041
01:15:27,522 --> 01:15:29,437
You're just mad 'cause
I'm leaving.
1042
01:15:29,437 --> 01:15:31,265
'Cause I'm leaving
and you're not.
1043
01:15:32,832 --> 01:15:35,922
- BOY: Oh, my God!
- Oh, my God, Malik!
1044
01:15:36,923 --> 01:15:38,141
Are you okay?
1045
01:15:55,289 --> 01:15:56,769
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
1046
01:15:58,684 --> 01:16:00,120
ERIC: Can I see him?
1047
01:16:01,034 --> 01:16:03,166
DOLORES:
He's resting right now, baby.
1048
01:16:03,166 --> 01:16:04,864
Maybe just come back tomorrow.
1049
01:16:06,387 --> 01:16:08,128
Can we pray together?
1050
01:16:12,306 --> 01:16:13,307
Come on.
1051
01:16:17,137 --> 01:16:20,967
Heavenly Father,
watch over us, your children.
1052
01:16:20,967 --> 01:16:24,623
ALL: Heavenly Father,
watch over us, your children.
1053
01:16:24,623 --> 01:16:26,668
DOLORES:
Thank you for all that you do,
1054
01:16:26,668 --> 01:16:28,757
and continue
to do every single day, God.
1055
01:16:28,757 --> 01:16:33,283
GRANDMA: And grant that we
may mend all that is broken.
1056
01:16:33,283 --> 01:16:38,637
ALL: And grant that
we may mend all that is broken.
1057
01:16:38,637 --> 01:16:40,987
DOLORES: We ask that you
continue to walk with us,
1058
01:16:40,987 --> 01:16:43,250
continue to live
in our hearts, dear Lord.
1059
01:17:05,576 --> 01:17:07,274
ERIC: Heavenly Father,
1060
01:17:08,710 --> 01:17:11,844
I pray that Malik
gets his house.
1061
01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:17,284
A house with two stories.
1062
01:17:19,547 --> 01:17:23,725
A house so big,
he gets lost inside.
1063
01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:28,991
Somewhere far away from here.
1064
01:17:31,385 --> 01:17:34,344
A place with lots of trees.
1065
01:17:35,563 --> 01:17:37,478
A place where he can jump.
1066
01:17:41,743 --> 01:17:43,919
Where he'll have new friends.
1067
01:17:46,443 --> 01:17:48,271
Where he can be happy.
1068
01:17:49,969 --> 01:17:52,536
GRANDMA: In Jesus' name
we pray.
1069
01:17:52,536 --> 01:17:55,061
ALL: In Jesus' name we pray.
1070
01:17:56,410 --> 01:17:57,454
GRANDMA: Amen.
1071
01:17:59,021 --> 01:18:00,240
ALL: Amen.
1072
01:18:00,240 --> 01:18:01,937
[KID LAUGHING]
1073
01:18:18,214 --> 01:18:20,869
DOLORES: Yeah, did we save
some of the newspaper?
1074
01:18:21,783 --> 01:18:23,785
And shouldn't those photo albums
1075
01:18:23,785 --> 01:18:26,222
be in the box
with the other ones?
1076
01:18:26,222 --> 01:18:27,484
Will you mark them?
1077
01:18:27,484 --> 01:18:30,226
These aren't marked.
We gotta mark the boxes.
1078
01:18:34,927 --> 01:18:37,451
ERIC'S DAD: Didn't I already
give you graduation money?
1079
01:18:37,451 --> 01:18:40,715
That was the graduation fee.
Cap and gown fee are separate.
1080
01:18:40,715 --> 01:18:42,108
We only owe $20.
1081
01:18:44,110 --> 01:18:45,154
Here you go.
1082
01:18:45,154 --> 01:18:46,808
Small price to pay
for ya'll to come
1083
01:18:46,808 --> 01:18:48,592
to my graduation this summer.
1084
01:18:48,592 --> 01:18:50,029
I gotta run.
1085
01:18:51,073 --> 01:18:53,859
Well, I'm proud of you.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
1086
01:18:55,295 --> 01:18:57,688
[SIGHS] So you know
Dolores called me and said
1087
01:18:57,688 --> 01:18:59,647
they're leaving on Thursday.
1088
01:18:59,647 --> 01:19:01,388
Have you talked to Malik yet?
1089
01:19:03,259 --> 01:19:05,958
I don't think he wanna
see me right now.
1090
01:19:05,958 --> 01:19:08,787
What are you talking about?
He's your friend.
1091
01:19:08,787 --> 01:19:11,180
Don't you want to talk to him
before he's gone?
1092
01:19:15,315 --> 01:19:18,448
Look, it honestly don't matter
who started it,
1093
01:19:18,448 --> 01:19:20,146
or who's right or wrong.
1094
01:19:21,364 --> 01:19:22,931
But he mad at me.
1095
01:19:22,931 --> 01:19:24,803
Okay. Maybe he is mad at you.
1096
01:19:24,803 --> 01:19:28,110
Or maybe he's waiting
on you to apologize.
1097
01:19:29,068 --> 01:19:31,984
But I'm scared to talk to him.
1098
01:19:35,726 --> 01:19:38,207
[SIGHS] Look, son.
1099
01:19:40,906 --> 01:19:43,212
We don't get a lot of time
here on earth.
1100
01:19:44,648 --> 01:19:47,477
Like, tomorrow
is not promised at all.
1101
01:19:50,524 --> 01:19:52,569
Never in a million years...
1102
01:19:54,702 --> 01:19:56,878
did I think
your mother'd be gone.
1103
01:19:59,750 --> 01:20:04,059
Or I wouldn't be able to get up
and talk to her, give her a hug.
1104
01:20:07,019 --> 01:20:09,848
I took for granted that time,
and now it's gone.
1105
01:20:12,546 --> 01:20:14,548
And once that time is gone,
1106
01:20:15,592 --> 01:20:17,246
there's no way to get it back.
1107
01:20:18,813 --> 01:20:20,902
You understand
what I'm saying, right?
1108
01:20:25,689 --> 01:20:26,952
Look.
1109
01:20:29,084 --> 01:20:32,174
I trust you're gonna make
the right decision.
1110
01:20:32,174 --> 01:20:35,482
You're not a baby anymore.
You're grown now.
1111
01:20:35,482 --> 01:20:37,136
And you know right from wrong.
1112
01:20:40,879 --> 01:20:42,968
You got this, all right?
1113
01:21:15,478 --> 01:21:17,089
[RATTLES]
1114
01:21:31,494 --> 01:21:33,322
Should we take 'em with us?
1115
01:21:36,456 --> 01:21:37,936
No, let's leave 'em.
1116
01:21:39,372 --> 01:21:40,503
Good idea.
1117
01:21:54,735 --> 01:21:56,955
[KIDS CHATTERING]
1118
01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:07,313
[CHATTERING CONTINUES]
1119
01:22:11,099 --> 01:22:13,319
[TRAIN BELL DINGING]
1120
01:22:14,494 --> 01:22:16,322
[TRAIN CHUGGING]
1121
01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:18,367
[TRAIN HORN BLOWS]
1122
01:22:25,766 --> 01:22:27,507
[CHUGGING FADES]
1123
01:22:27,507 --> 01:22:29,596
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]
1124
01:22:30,597 --> 01:22:33,687
Good morning, baby.
I made some Salisbury steak.
1125
01:22:33,687 --> 01:22:35,776
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
1126
01:22:58,538 --> 01:22:59,756
[KID LAUGHING]
1127
01:23:10,115 --> 01:23:11,725
Here you go, Dad.
1128
01:23:50,024 --> 01:23:52,244
[KIDS CHATTERING]
1129
01:23:57,901 --> 01:23:59,164
ERIC: Hey.
1130
01:24:18,705 --> 01:24:19,793
You leaving?
1131
01:24:21,273 --> 01:24:22,317
Yeah.
1132
01:24:27,061 --> 01:24:29,237
[CLICKS TONGUE]
I'm gonna miss you.
1133
01:24:30,978 --> 01:24:32,545
I'm gonna miss you, too.
1134
01:24:37,724 --> 01:24:42,903
Hey, um, I just wanted to give
you something before I gotta go.
1135
01:24:42,903 --> 01:24:44,165
What is it?
1136
01:24:45,862 --> 01:24:47,690
The secret to jumping.
1137
01:24:48,256 --> 01:24:49,692
Spit it out, then.
1138
01:24:52,913 --> 01:24:54,871
Don't be afraid to fly.
1139
01:25:06,666 --> 01:25:08,668
[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]
1140
01:25:39,264 --> 01:25:40,656
[KEYS JINGLE]
1141
01:25:52,799 --> 01:25:54,844
[MUSIC INTESIFIES]
1142
01:27:07,787 --> 01:27:09,832
[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]